Women's basketball: FGCU's Chihil named Atlantic Sun Player of Week

Florida Gulf Coast University women's basketball player Courtney Chihil has been named the Atlantic Sun's Player of the Week.

Chihil, a junior recently named to the 2010-2011 Capital One Academic All-District 3 Women's Basketball first team, led the Eagles to a 2-0 record and averaged 17.5 points, 7.0 rebounds and 7.5 assists, while shooting 58.8 percent from the floor and 81.3 from the free-throw line.

In the Eagles' 70-59 win over Upstate on Saturday night, Chihil finished with a career- and game-high 22 points on 6-of-10 shooting from the field, including hitting 9-of-12 from the free-throw line. Chihil also added four rebounds and three steals in 32 minutes.

On Monday, Chihil missed a triple-double with a 13-point, 10-rebound and nine-assist performance in FGCU's 81-65 win over ETSU in the A-Sun/CSS Game of the Week.

FGCU (19-1, 12-1 A-Sun) plays at Mercer on Saturday and Kennesaw State on Monday.